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Zusatztext “Many years from now! when! presumably! Dorothy Day has been added to the canon of saints! readers will look to Kate Hennessy’s stunning work to be reminded that holy people are actual human beings. Through Day’s relationship with her daughter Tamar! she emerges in her full complex humanity! struggling like any parent! astonishingly insightful one moment! oblivious the next. Ultimately! Kate Hennessy’s book tells the universal story of how hard it is fully to know the people we love the most! of the struggle to find forgiveness and healing! of the many forms of conversion! and of the many aspects of that beauty—as Dostoevsky wrote—that will save the world.” —Robert Ellsberg! editor of The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day Informationen zum Autor Kate Hennessy is a writer and the youngest of Dorothy Day’s nine grandchildren. Her work has been included in Best American Travel Writing . She is the author of Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty and, in collaboration with the photographer Vivian Cherry, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker: The Miracle of our Continuance . Kate divides her time between Ireland and Vermont. Klappentext The life and work of Dorothy Day, the iconic, celebrated, and controversial Catholic whom Pope Francis called a "great American", told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter. Zusammenfassung The life and work of Dorothy Day, the iconic, celebrated, and controversial Catholic whom Pope Francis called a "great American", told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter.
About the author
Kate Hennessy is a writer and the youngest of Dorothy Day’s nine grandchildren. Her work has been included in Best American Travel Writing. She is the author of Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved By Beauty and, in collaboration with the photographer Vivian Cherry, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker: The Miracle of our Continuance. Kate divides her time between Ireland and Vermont.
